A new report from the House of Lords on central bank digital currency (CBDC) shows that politicians still don’t understand the problems with …
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12 Days of Cash: Christmas 2021 Series
You may have been following our social media series the #12DaysofCash over the Christmas period. If so, you’ll know that cash is under …
Are price controls the solution to inflation woes?
Increasing the price of money through higher interest rates would be a crude and potentially damaging way of dealing with inflation, …
How currency power constrains climate action
‘Climate finance’ commitments are woefully inadequate while inequalities in currency power force Global South countries to extract …
#DefundClimateChaos: Positive Money supporters take action outside Barclays, Totton
The #DefundClimateChaos action took place in October with youth strikers and climate activists around the world rising up against banks and …
The Pot of Money Myth that keeps us in the dark
Jack Mosse’s new book explores the myths at work in public understanding of the economy. In this article, he takes to task the biggest myth …
UK could see digital pound by ‘second half of the decade’: Positive Money response
London, 9 November 2021 The Treasury and the Bank of England today announced that a decision on whether to launch a Central Bank Digital …
Is the Bank of England using the wrong tools?
Central banks like to maintain that interest rates are the main way they can influence the economy. But behind this there are more powerful …
Still too many promises and not enough action from G20 central banks
With the 'Finance' day at COP26 approaching, have the world’s biggest central banks and financial supervisors stepped up to the plate on …